These "Love Actually" Characters Were Only Five Years Apart IRL And Now I'm Questioning Everything

These "Love Actually" Characters Were Only Five Years Apart IRL And Now I'm Questioning Everything

How is this humanly possible?!

As someone who has watched Love Actually approximately 7 million times in my life, there are some things that are just facts in my mind: 1) Keira Knightley is supposed to play a full-grown adult.

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2) This adorable child (played by Thomas Brodie-Sangster) is supposed to be AN ACTUAL CHILD — probably like 7 or 8 years old.

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So when I saw a particularly shocking Tumblr post making the rounds this week, I was — as the kids say — shooketh.

UMMMMMM, PARDON ME???????

Let me quickly repeat that for anyone in the back: THEY WERE ONLY FIVE YEARS APART. The bride whose marriage was interrupted by a ridiculous guy holding signs is only five years older than the child who ran through an airport because he was in love with an American girl.